Lakers and Pistons (small cash deal)

[Texas Chuck]

I don't hate the Lakers paying something to save the salary/tax. Money always matters. But it should be a team who doesn't have the same opportunity cost as Detroit. Detroit should aim for a larger dump first.

[chrbal]

LAL TRADES: JHS, 2025 #2 (LAC), Cash


DET:


Detroit waives JHS with the included cash and picks up a second for virtually nothing....

Lakers save considerable second apron tax money......

Pistons would only take him if they actually believed that he was someone worth developing or this is like the very last trade at the deadline.

To me, I would offer him to Washington for space of someone like Patrick Baldwin Jr. They make take less just to see if he’s worth anything.

[Laimbeer]

Obviously this isn't something detroit considers unless they completely strike out at the deadline. The pistons are looking to improve, not just be a salary cap dumping ground.

But if it comes to that type of thing, I think my fellow pistons fans are overestimating how valuable cap space is. $3 mil of cap space for a second would translate into 3 second rounders for a $14mil salary dump for contracts that expire in a couple months. That's really the top end of what a salary dump trade deadline would look like.... which is why I'm hoping we don't do that.

Depends how leveraged we are. If teams like the Suns, Lakers, or Warriors need us to facilitate a deal it should be a FRP. But I'll be amazed if we use it wisely.